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Rh C KHA1L bunds. or subdivisions of the co. of Southampton, siiu- o., and surround- tin hnnds.oi 1 ,.!.}, :. Portsdown, Titchfield, t .ridge. The upper div. contains the par. of Droxfurd ; the lower, those of Durlcy and Bishop's mi. 1 In hund. contains an area of about lfi,G!)0 BISHOP'S WICKHAM, a par. in the hund. of ThuTHtablc, in the c, 3 miles to th. X. ..i Haldon. Witham is its post town. It is situated on the east side of the river Blackwater, and was formerly the site of a park belonging to the see of London. The park was inclosed in 1375. The living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Rochester, of the val. of 393, in the patron, of ^hop. J'.ISHOP'S WOOD, a lib. in the par. of Browood, hund. of Cuttlestone, in the co. of Stafford, 10 miles to the 8. of Stafford. The living is a cur., attached to the vie. of Brewood. The Albrighton hounds meet at thin place. BISHOP'S WOOD, a chplry. in the par. of Walford, and hund. of Greytrco, in the co. of Hereford, 3 miles to the S. of Ross, its post town. It is seated on the banks of the river Wye. The Bishop's Wood ironworks are in the neighbourhood. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Hereford, val. 35, in the patron, of J. Par- tridge, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. BISHOP THORNTON, a tnshp. in the par. and lib. of Ripon, in the West Riding of the co. of York, 2 miles from Ripon. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 95, in the gift of the dean and cha] 1:1 SHOP THORPE, a par. in the Ainsty of th. West Riding of the co. of York, 2J miles to the 8. of York. It is situated on the Kinks of the rivi i ' and is the seat of the archbishop. The manor has been held by the archbishops since the reign of King John, when it was purchased by Walter de Grey. Before that time the parish bore the name of St. Andrew's Thorpe. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of York, val. 240, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church, which was rebuilt by Archbishop Drummond about 1766, was rebuilt ' >nd time by Archbishop Harcourt in 1842. It is dedi- cated to St. Andrew, and contains three painted windows. The mullions of the east window belonged formerly to Ca wood Castle, an earlier residence of the archbishops, which was destroyed during the civil war in the reign of Charles I. Tho episcopal palace of Bishop Thorpe was founded by Archbishop de Grey, in the reign of Henry III., and after being at various times enlarged and improved, was nearly rebuilt by Archbishop Drum- mond about 1770. Tho Gothic gateway and front, designed by Atkinson, were erected, and the chapel was restored, by him. Illsin UPTON, a par. in the south-west div. of Stock- ton ward, in the co. palatine of Durham, G miles to the N.W. of Stockton, its post town. It includ. tnshps. of Bishopton, East and V> itN0wbiggin,and Littl.- Stainton. The Clarence and Hartlepool railway passes near it. Tho living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Durham, 'J'250, in the patron, of the Master and Bn iL Sherburn Hospital. Tho church is dedicated to St. ilago are the rcm entrenchment constructed by Roger Conycrs, in 11 II, when he defended the bishop against the usurper, Vil- liara Comyn. BlSlli FPTi IN', a vil. in the ]r. of Erskinc, in thcco. of Renfrew, Scotland, !> miles from Paisley. It is on the south bank of the Clyde, and is a sUitin <>u the Greenock branch of the Caledonian railway. Bisl House is the Beat of Sir J. Maxwell, Bart., to whom the ii! . n 1.. Ionia I'.l. . a tnshp. in the par. and lib. of I; in the West Biding of the co. of York, not far from , or B1SI 101 -ST( >X, a hmlt. in the par.
 * 1, hund. of Barlichway, in the co. of

.' miles from Stratford-on-Avon, its post town. Tho living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Worcest' the | -ii-atford. Thech r.ISlllil- VI ,,ar. ill the I the ward of Easington, in the en. palatine Durham, adjoining Sin Mtuaf ' the south bank of th. ii.i V. above its month, and is conn. < t. d with month, on t 1 by .Mi. liurd Wilson about the close ot th. 1st), very flat arch, 23G feet in .: above low-water mark. The . i three years, and cost 26,000. In : strengthened, and the south end raised i the road from the town, at a cost ol tin din .-tionol' li- the tnshp. of Bishop id, Ford, and Ryhojie. and worth, Burdon, and Tunatall. It was period a possession of the bishops <: the lordship was given by Athelstan, and v a borough. Sunderland formed part ot Bishop Wcarmouth till 1719; and on the former town into a borough und> the borough rights of the laf, and tin' township of Bishop V> ... others are now included within the limits of t of Sunderland. The modem tinuous with th. business of the plac", like that of Sunde ith the .-hipping tni'i
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works, and various i rect. in the dioc. of Durhan i. patron, of the bishop. The church, a large structure in the form of a cross. enlarged in 1850, is dedica' are five other churches, named respect districts in which they a Ford or Hyltpn, Deptford, :i livings of which are p< ' varyi 300 to 500, in the gift ol Hendon is in the gift of the places of worship belonging to the founded > V.> for 10 widows or daughters of in houses founded by Jane Gib.*' l>er annum. Bishop Wear Athenemn and the Sunderland infil ilul- WII.Ti iX, a | div. of the wap. of Harthill, i co. of York, 4 miles to 1 of a J forming part of the Wolds, on a The living is a . whirh is an a ire, is di'd: it is an old r ;lio sitec ,i N.'Vlllc, who J. Edward IV., and v dows o ban called - l' Vc-lI. The diviiioni i from a beacon '. wold IHM r tin- vi;i:iu'.'. I'rom whieh !!: oviT tin 1 highlv-cii. I'.ISlHil- VVCKS, a hmlt. of Ipswich, in the co. ot JilSIII'OKT, or l!I.s||(il-VMl; i minster, hund. oi Somerset, 2 miles from Brist. is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. . val. !_'.), in the patron, of the vicar. The dedicated to St. Peter. BISHTON, a hmlt. in the par. ol a-, in the co. ofG! r.isiltux. or BI8HOP8TOHE, t par. in div. of the hund. of Caldicott, in the